Get to know the research on debt collection lawsuits, racial disparities in judgments, and a big slice of consumer debt: ...

Pay-for-delete promises to erase collection debt from your credit report, but the results of this strategy can vary.

If you're behind on payments, you should know what the odds are that a debt collector will take legal action.

Disputing collections debt can protect your credit, but only if you know when it actually makes sense to do so.

You may have a legal obligation to repay old debts, but there are also strict limits on debt collectors' tactics.

US HOW TO HANDLE THOSE CALLS. YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT, BUT AS A CONSUMER, YOU’VE GOT A BOATLOAD OF RIGHTS, RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WORK IN YOUR FAVOR WHEN DEALING WITH DEBT COLLECTORS. A VIEWER ...

Household debt in the United States hit a record $18.2 trillion during the first quarter of 2025 amid a steep rise in mortgage balances, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who are struggling with record levels of credit card debt. Meanwhile, consumer ...

Consumers across the country are being bombarded with intimidating and sometimes aggressive debt collection calls, and ...

WalletHub collected data from the end of 2025 and ranked the states with the most and least debt collection accounts.